Auburn stays No. 6 in AP poll; 10 SEC schools in Top 25

AUBURN — Auburn remained sixth in the Associated Press Top 25 poll this week.

The Tigers (1-0) did not move from its preseason spot of No. 6 after defeating Louisville 31-24 in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game in Atlanta Saturday.

“I’m excited for our kids,” Auburn head coach Gus Malzahn said Monday on his ‘Tiger Talk’ radio show. “I think (Louisville) will be a Top 25 team before it is all said and done and we’ll look back at that as a quality victory. We learned a lot about our team.”

Auburn was one of a record 10 Southeastern Conference schools in the Top 25 poll this week as Texas A&M and Mississippi State joined the rankings at No. 16 and No. 25 respectively as the poll came out Tuesday afternoon.